Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Imani

#843 most common girls' name of all time · #1,525 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#843
Rank overall
#1,525 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
29,212
Since 2016
6,289
Peak year
1998 #253
Best rank
#239 1996
Girls Boys peak 1,272/yr
198020002020

Imani first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 512 41 553 #580
2024 585 46 631 #526
2023 647 54 701 #476
2022 627 47 674 #504
2021 583 58 641 #530
2020 580 32 612 #522
2019 597 40 637 #521
2018 607 23 630 #516
2017 573 35 608 #541
2016 577 25 602 #543
2015 585 19 604 #533
2014 626 20 646 #500
2013 630 24 654 #483
2012 807 26 833 #387
2011 809 32 841 #392
2010 861 26 887 #372
2009 774 21 795 #411
2008 841 31 872 #384
2007 845 17 862 #388
2006 785 19 804 #405
2005 757 23 780 #412
2004 801 42 843 #388
2003 954 27 981 #328
2002 968 39 1,007 #318
2001 1,047 30 1,077 #301
2000 1,051 41 1,092 #304
1999 1,035 43 1,078 #299
1998 1,222 50 1,272 #253
1997 1,185 52 1,237 #248
1996 1,171 52 1,223 #239
1995 1,034 43 1,077 #266
1994 905 43 948 #303
1993 541 46 587 #467
1992 427 22 449 #551
1991 288 25 313 #723
1990 203 25 228 #938
1989 127 9 136 #1,249
1988 76 8 84 #1,700
1987 48 5 53 #2,263
1986 48 6 54 #2,190
1985 36 — 36 #2,694
1984 32 9 41 #2,841
1983 42 9 51 #2,300
1982 40 13 53 #2,440
1981 36 12 48 #2,606
1980 37 10 47 #2,589
1979 32 16 48 #2,781
1978 36 13 49 #2,470
1977 31 9 40 #2,705
1976 25 7 32 #2,994
1975 25 8 33 #2,962
1974 32 — 32 #2,431
1973 29 13 42 #2,558
1972 21 9 30 #3,172
1971 15 — 15 #4,120
1970 9 — 9 #5,799